Molecular analysis of enrichment cultures of marine methane oxidising bacteria

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-38

  Holmes, Andrew J ^a   Owens, Nicholas J P ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S Ribosomal RNA; Marine methanotroph; Methane monooxygenase; Oligonucleotide probe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030273369     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)02567-1     Document Type: Article

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